Thursday Crossword — May 17, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Jean J. Davison5/17/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Humdinger (3 letters)
4 Across
Prefix for theater (5 letters)
9 Across
Mine entrance (4 letters)
13 Across
Ages (4 letters)
15 Across
Traveler (5 letters)
16 Across
Tibetan monk (4 letters)
17 Across
Stronghold (15 letters)
20 Across
Endlessly energetic (8 letters)
21 Across
Structural members (6 letters)
22 Across
Actress Louise (4 letters)
23 Across
Roebuck (4 letters)
24 Across
Doughboy's leg covering (6 letters)
27 Across
Discontinue bit by bit (8 letters)
31 Across
Coral island (5 letters)
32 Across
Hope's companion (5 letters)
33 Across
DNA's counterpart (3 letters)
34 Across
Eye problem: Var. (4 letters)
35 Across
River to the Seine (5 letters)
36 Across
News item of a kind (4 letters)
37 Across
Hee's forerunner (3 letters)
38 Across
Cook in a little fat (5 letters)
39 Across
Bed and dresser, e.g. (5 letters)
40 Across
How Romeo reacted to Juliet (8 letters)
42 Across
Tube used by a chef (6 letters)
43 Across
Without soda (4 letters)
44 Across
Season (4 letters)
45 Across
Scheduled (6 letters)
48 Across
Penetrable (8 letters)
52 Across
Protective support (15 letters)
54 Across
At any time (4 letters)
55 Across
Remainder, in Reims (5 letters)
56 Across
Elation (4 letters)
57 Across
Untidiness (4 letters)
58 Across
Ernest Thompson ___, nature writer (5 letters)
59 Across
Feminine ending (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Neighbor of Bolivia (4 letters)
2 Down
Kind of curtain (4 letters)
3 Down
Covenant (4 letters)
4 Down
Brother-in-law, e.g. (6 letters)
5 Down
___ Carta (5 letters)
6 Down
Nice Nelly (4 letters)
7 Down
Language of Isr. (3 letters)
8 Down
Annoy (8 letters)
9 Down
Aver without firm evidence (6 letters)
10 Down
Information (4 letters)
11 Down
Moslem religious leader (4 letters)
12 Down
Sailors (4 letters)
14 Down
Have a game of ninepins (7 letters)
18 Down
Bay window (5 letters)
19 Down
Disconcert (5 letters)
23 Down
Glow (5 letters)
24 Down
Spaghetti or ravioli (5 letters)
25 Down
Pronounce (5 letters)
26 Down
Trifled (5 letters)
27 Down
Word with dress or politics (5 letters)
28 Down
Milieu (5 letters)
29 Down
Join (5 letters)
30 Down
Spud (5 letters)
32 Down
Fracture in the earth's crust (5 letters)
35 Down
Sunday stars in Mexico (8 letters)
36 Down
Evicting (7 letters)
38 Down
Villain's expression (5 letters)
39 Down
Ointment (5 letters)
41 Down
Competes in a contest (6 letters)
42 Down
Infertile (6 letters)
44 Down
Fray (5 letters)
45 Down
Check (4 letters)
46 Down
Zilch, to Connors (4 letters)
47 Down
Overwhelms an admirer (4 letters)
48 Down
Attention-getting sound (4 letters)
49 Down
Leer's relative (4 letters)
50 Down
Shoshonean group (4 letters)
51 Down
"The Liner ___ a lady . . . ": Kipling (4 letters)
53 Down
Compensation of a sort (3 letters)

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